15 mai 2013
A large and massive tielimu plank top recessed trestle leg altar table. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
A large and massive tielimu plank top recessed trestle leg altar table. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Photo Florence Number Nine This spectacular table is the result of the carving of a single log of ‘mesua ferrea’ (tielimu): the only tree whose...